Updated Monday Jan. 12

2025 NBA Strength of Schedule Rankings

Strength of Schedule Played and Strength of Schedule Remaining for all 30 NBA teams.

Our NBA Strength of Schedule rankings represents the average difficulty of those opponents that each team has faced or will face during the current season. The strength of an opponent is determined by their ranking in our Composite NBA Power Rankings. A low opponent average ranking (opp avg) indicates a difficult schedule, whereas a high opponent average ranking suggests an easier schedule.

NBA Strength of Schedule Played

Our Strength of Schedule Played shows the current average ranking for each opponent that a given team has faced to date.

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	TEAM	DIVISION	GURU RANK	AVERAGE OPPONENT RANK
1	KingsSAC9-30	Pacific	29	12.61
2	Trail BlazersPOR19-21	Northwest	20	13.36
3	JazzUTAH13-25	Northwest	27	13.47
4	NetsBKN11-25	Atlantic	26	13.71
5	PelicansNO9-32	Southwest	28	13.84
6	HawksATL20-21	Southeast	14	13.97
7	ClippersLAC15-23	Pacific	18	13.97
8	PacersIND8-31	Central	25	14.32
9	HeatMIA20-19	Southeast	15	14.34
10	MagicORL22-18	Southeast	13	14.40
11	GrizzliesMEM17-22	Southwest	19	14.41
12	SunsPHX24-15	Pacific	11	14.51
13	SpursSA27-12	Southwest	3	14.59
14	WizardsWSH10-28	Southeast	30	14.64
15	76ersPHI21-16	Atlantic	12	14.70
16	CavaliersCLE22-18	Central	9	14.76
17	CelticsBOS24-14	Atlantic	6	15.05
18	MavericksDAL14-25	Southwest	24	15.09
19	RaptorsTOR24-16	Atlantic	16	15.22
20	BucksMIL17-22	Central	21	15.39
21	BullsCHI18-20	Central	23	15.45
22	KnicksNY25-14	Atlantic	5	15.45
23	HornetsCHA14-25	Southeast	22	15.78
24	LakersLAL23-13	Pacific	17	15.98
25	WarriorsGS21-19	Pacific	10	16.16
26	TimberwolvesMIN26-14	Northwest	7	16.30
27	NuggetsDEN26-13	Northwest	8	16.68
28	RocketsHOU22-14	Southwest	4	16.90
29	ThunderOKC33-7	Northwest	1	17.13
30	PistonsDET28-10	Central	2	17.19

NBA Strength of Schedule Remaining

Our Strength of Schedule Remaining rankings show the average difficulty of opponents each team will face for the rest of the season.